Intel Core i9-13980HX Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-13980HX has 24 cores with 32 threads and is based on the 13. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q1/2023. The Intel Core i9-13980HX scores 2,117 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 19,763 points.
Intel Core i9-13980HX

CPU lineage

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Name: Intel Core i9-13980HX
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 13000H (23)
Architecture: Raptor Lake H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 13
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-13980HX has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-13980HX is 2.20 GHz (5.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 24 / 32
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 8x Raptor Cove
B-Core: 16x Gracemont
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.20 GHz (5.60 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 1.60 GHz (4.00 GHz)

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-13980HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-13980HX uses the Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU), which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU)
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.65 GHz
Compute units: 32
Shader: 256
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2023
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 13
Direct X: 12.1
Technology: 10 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR5-5600
DDR4-3200
89.6 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 55 W
TDP (PL2): 157 W
TDP up: 86 W
TDP down: 45 W
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-13980HX is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 68.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 10 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1744
L2-Cache: 32.00 MB
L3-Cache: 36.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date: Q1/2023
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-13980HX have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.40 GHz
119
Intel Core i7-13700 Intel Core i7-13700
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
118
Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
118
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
117
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
116
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
116
Intel Core i5-13600K Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
116

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
1582
Intel Core i9-12900KF Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
1564
Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13950HX
24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz
1503
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
1495
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
1494
Intel Xeon w5-2455X Intel Xeon w5-2455X
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz
1428
Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
1398

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-14700K Intel Core i7-14700K
20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz
2228
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2165
Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900F
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2165
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2134
Intel Core i7-13700KF Intel Core i7-13700KF
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2126
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2126
Intel Core i7-13700F Intel Core i7-13700F
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
2107

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
32605
Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900F
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
32605
Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13950HX
24C 32T @ 4.80 GHz
32172
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
31572
Intel Xeon W-3175X Intel Xeon W-3175X
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz
31350
Intel Core i7-13700KF Intel Core i7-13700KF
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
31062
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
16C 24T @ 5.30 GHz
31062

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
2130
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2130
Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900F
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2130
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2117
Intel Core i7-14700F Intel Core i7-14700F
20C 28T @ 5.40 GHz
2113
Intel Core i7-14700 Intel Core i7-14700
20C 28T @ 5.40 GHz
2113
Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13950HX
24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz
2108

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon W-3265M Intel Xeon W-3265M
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
20069
Intel Xeon W-3265 Intel Xeon W-3265
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
19968
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
19880
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
19763
Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13950HX
24C 32T @ 4.80 GHz
19759
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
19472
Intel Core i9-13900F Intel Core i9-13900F
24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz
19422

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz
2831
Intel Core i7-14700 Intel Core i7-14700
20C 28T @ 5.40 GHz
2829
Intel Core i7-14700F Intel Core i7-14700F
20C 28T @ 5.40 GHz
2829
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz
2819
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2798
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz
2798
Intel Core i5-14600KF Intel Core i5-14600KF
14C 20T @ 5.30 GHz
2794

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz
17191
Intel Core i5-14600K Intel Core i5-14600K
14C 20T @ 5.30 GHz
17190
Intel Core i5-14600KF Intel Core i5-14600KF
14C 20T @ 5.30 GHz
17190
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
17097
AMD EPYC 74F3 AMD EPYC 74F3
24C 48T @ 3.80 GHz
16985
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
16832
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 AMD Ryzen 9 7900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
16832

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i9-13900 Intel Core i9-13900
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846
Intel Core i9-13900K Intel Core i9-13900K
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846
Intel Core i9-13900T Intel Core i9-13900T
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz
845
Intel Core i9-14900HX Intel Core i9-14900HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz
845
Intel Core i9-13950HX Intel Core i9-13950HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz
845
Intel Core i9-13900HX Intel Core i9-13900HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.65 GHz
845

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD EPYC 7502 AMD EPYC 7502
32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz
49180
Intel Core i7-14700 Intel Core i7-14700
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
48720
Intel Core i7-14700F Intel Core i7-14700F
20C 28T @ 5.30 GHz
48720
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
24C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
48600
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
48560
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
48560
Intel Xeon W-3345 Intel Xeon W-3345
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
48283

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
20,399 CB R23 MC @ 104 W
196
Intel Core i9-13900HX Intel Core i9-13900HX
30,320 CB R23 MC @ 158 W
192
Intel Core i7-13650HX Intel Core i7-13650HX
20,999 CB R23 MC @ 110 W
191
Intel Core i9-13980HX Intel Core i9-13980HX
31,572 CB R23 MC @ 168 W
188
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
65,269 CB R23 MC @ 348 W
188
Intel Core i7-1355U Intel Core i7-1355U
9,687 CB R23 MC @ 52 W
187
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
28,577 CB R23 MC @ 153 W
186

Benchmarks


Description of the processor

The Intel Core i9-13980HX is a processor from the mobile segment of Intels Core i9 series. It is from the 13th generation of the series and was launched by Intel in the first quarter of 2023. The Intel Core i9-13980HX is based on the Raptor Lake H architecture and is manufactured in a monolithic chip design. Since the processor, as mentioned at the beginning, is a mobile processor, it is only used permanently soldered to the BGA 1744 socket. The Intel Core i9-13980HX has a 32.00 megabyte level 2 cache and a 36.00 megabyte level 3 cache. The Intel Core i9-13980HX can be used under Windows or Linux and is manufactured with a structure width of 10 nanometers.

The processor relies on the hybrid big.LITTLE core architecture, which in this case means that 8 performance cores (codename Raptor Cove) and 16 efficiency cores (codename Gracemont) are used. The performance cores clock at 2.20 gigahertz, can increase their clock rate to up to 5.60 gigahertz in turbo mode and support hyperthreading. The 16 efficiency cores clock at 1.60 gigahertz and the maximum turbo clock is 4.00 gigahertz. The efficiency cores do not support hyperthreading, which means that the processor has a total of 24 cores and 32 threads at its disposal.

The Intel Core i9-13980HX uses the 13th generation Intel UHD Graphics with 32 execution units as graphics units. In addition to the 32 execution units, this has 256 shader units and can use a maximum of 64 gigabytes of the main memory installed in the system. The clock frequency of the iGPU is 400 megahertz, but this can increase to up to 1.65 gigahertz in turbo mode.

The Intel Core i9-13980HX has 2 memory channels that can be used to control up to 128 gigabytes of RAM. DDR4-3200 and DDR5-5600 memory types are officially supported.



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